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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1901
Page
3
Trains on the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway depart Conway heading west. No 2H at 6:07 a.m. No 233 at 9:32 p.m. No 232 at 6:36 p.m. No 231 at 10:02 a.m. Agent W James.
Local notes recount visits and travels of E W Hovis and others, new merchandise at Wilson Bros including shirt waists and shoes, road trips to Indian Territory, and weather hints alongside price quotes for corn and gasoline. Social events, farm reports, and community happenings fill out the column with names, places like Conway and Maola, and references to Central College and local officials.
The remains of Cage Thayer killed last Thursday near Houston in Perry county by a Choctaw railroad train were buried at Oak Grove cemetery in Conway. His wife was at her father Thomas's home at Pine Mountain when the accident occurred.
Sidney B Vaughn offers home and business ice cream delivery in Conway. Call or write to arrange a quart or more for homes, offices, sip pers, or parties and specify quantity in advance. Telephone connection available. 7-4
The fragment reports a club meeting at Mrs. E W Gantt’s residence on Friday July 26 to discuss summer adjournment. It notes a sale ad offering three steam engines and a saw rig with a lathe from Conway Arkansas. It covers a Weatherly Missouri rail collision killing Elijah Pin and injuring others, plus U S railway employment and wage figures for 1900 and 1899. It mentions two St Louis women pursuing a purse snatcher and a Cuban anti cantine beverage ban, and England War in South Africa eroding support for Lord Kitchener.
A two year old mule described as mouse colored with a black shoulder stripe and dish face, missing about one month ago near Wooster Arkansas. A liberal reward is offered for the return or information leading to its recovery. Date noted June 24 1901. Owner J H Hrert.
A reader from Alma Kansas December 22 1900 endorses Cald wells Syrup Pepsin as superior to other laxatives and stomach medicines. The testimonial notes both the writer and his wife use the product and confirm its claimed effects. Sold by Dr C J Hamilton.
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